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11-30-2012, 09:09 AM
|  | Unregistered existentialist | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Denver, Colorado | | | I like black basses, and I can't deny...
Last night, I realized that I have somehow amassed six black basses. I may have a problem.  
These are the ones in current heavy rotation. From the left:
Dean Edge 8-string (really a good instrument, at a low cost)
Warwick Corvette Standard (wonderful)
Spector Rex Brown (with a Nordstrand in the neck position, no bridge pup, and an Aguilar OBP-1 preamp. Killer.)
Kramer 350B (heavily modified - walnut top, EMG HB pup, Hipshot bridge)
At home, a trusty old home-made P Bass and a Sterling SUB.
Is there a support group for this affliction?
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11-30-2012, 09:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Columbus, IN | | | Don't worry, I like Big Butts!
And I have a BUNCH of Black basses as well!
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'77 Carl Thompson
'85 Aria Pro II LTD
'92 Warwick Dolphin Pro-1
'93 Alembic Triple Omega
'94 Alembic Epic
'04 F-Bass BN4
'10 Brubaker KXB-5
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11-30-2012, 09:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada | | | Two of my jazz basses are black. And once you go black....
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11-30-2012, 09:53 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hunts-Vegas, Alabama | | Mmmmmm! Black!!   |
11-30-2012, 09:53 AM
|  | Does this bass make my butt look big? | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East Tennessee | | Where I come from, we like to call that a fetish. 
Black is beautiful !
"Let's see, what to take to the gig......... I could go with the black one. Or I could go with that black one. No.......that won't work. I know ! I will take the black one that I haven't played in a while, and a black one as a back-up."
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11-30-2012, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | My '87 Jazz Bass Special is black all over except for the back of the neck and headstock. So much so that I thought about putting a pickguard on and changing the hardware so I can even see the damn thing. All the hardware is black on it. I guess it's cool, though, in an evil kind of way, lol.
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11-30-2012, 09:59 AM
|  | Pocket Protector | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Massachusetts USofA | | Every guy needs a little black number in his closet.... http://www.hofner-guitars.com/electr...-shb-bk-0.html
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11-30-2012, 10:03 AM
|  | I love my BALLS! | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warwick, NY | | | I haven't owned a black bass since my first '77 Pbass I bought new from Manny's in NYC in 1977 when I was 13 years old. I sure wish I still had THAT one.
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11-30-2012, 10:06 AM
|  | Just days from retirement. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | I do realize I'm in a minority here, but I truly detest black basses. Always have. I have one right now, a Gibson Thunderbird SS, that is eagerly awaiting a refinish to become a valued member of society.
Sorry, given to absurd moments of mediocre verbosity.
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11-30-2012, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Somewhere in the maritimes. | | Black basses, you say?  
I sure like mine 
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11-30-2012, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY | | | It was always my dream to have a black bass, black satin finish on the neck, black hardware, dr black beauties and black frets.
Alas I don't think I will get that last one. |
11-30-2012, 10:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | my problem is huge!
i have actually turned down great deals because the bass wasn't black! although i do have a white Steinberger because their harder to find.
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11-30-2012, 10:49 AM
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Endorsing Artist: No. (I wish) lol | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | Although I don't own one, the Jupiter is probably my favorite bass design by Jens Ritter, in this exact Piano Finish. 
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11-30-2012, 10:52 AM
| | Unregistered existentialist | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Denver, Colorado | | | Thanks, Gang - I am already feeling a little better about myself. |
11-30-2012, 10:55 AM
| | | | I like black basses too. 10 out of 11 of my basses are black. The only reason one isn't black is because i couldnt find a black cigar box haha
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11-30-2012, 11:09 AM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | I don't like them either, but still have a few, including a nice Peavey Foundation that I did ALL black, including hardware and strings. You can't even see it in the shade!
I think that black may be one of the most common colors, so the odds of one for sale being black are higher.
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11-30-2012, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New City NY | | | I have a 78 Musicmaster, Geddy Lee, 07 Deluxe Jazz, 80's Jazz Special all black and all beautiful! |
11-30-2012, 11:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yonkers, NY | | | My OCD prevents me from having any 2 basses in the same color. lol |
11-30-2012, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New City NY | | | Damn forgot my Ultra VI. That is when you have too many when you can't keep track. |
11-30-2012, 11:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Bob  Black basses, you say?
I sure like mine | The rear shot of that black......
...... ah never mind. People are too sensitive these days.
Nice bass. I'll leave it at that.
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